RE: Strategies for teaching secure coding practices

["Peter Amey" <peter.amey () praxis-cs co uk>]

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I had a look at the syllabus at http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/cs390s/

> > Also, what topics to you feel should be covered in an undergraduate
> > curriculum but later than the first year?

The main omission would seem to be an examination of programming languages and tools that can completely (or at least 
help) eliminate many of the insecurities the course currently only suggests palliatives for.  There are languages and 
techniques from the safety world that seem largely unknown (certainly largely unused) in the security world.  The best 
of these can statically eliminate attacks such as buffer overflow, resource exhaustion etc.

Peter

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